Published Reviews
Rain Taxi Review of Books reviews
by Tomas Riley
As the book-length debut by a veteran of the Chicano spoken-word collective Taco Shop Poets, Mahcic reflects the TSP's playful yet socially conscious sensibility,...
Read More »
|
Curve Magazine reviews
by Kemble Scott
"The founder and editor of SoMa Literary Review, Kemble Scott channeled his fascination with San Francisco's South of Market district — an industrial dead...
Read More »
|
Culturelink reviews
Arlene Goldbard is one of those writers who not only writes about culture -- she lives culture. She manages both to persuade us about her research but also...
Read More »
|
The Washington Post reviews
"Utterly absorbing...The Stolen Child is an impressive double act, a fine example of what the French call the fantastique -- an intrusion into realism, a leak...
Read More »
|
ForeWord Magazine reviews
by Pamela Erens
“To look twice is not good, not the way things should be, but I decide it is better than failing to look at all,” admits Jack Gorse, the lonely protagonist of...
Read More »
|
Small Spiral Notebook reviews
by Pamela Erens
Jack Gorse, the bookish, obsessive protagonist of Pamela Erens’ debut novel, is part of a long line of literary wanderers. Like Binx Bolling, from Walker Percy’s...
Read More »
|
|
Publishers Weekly reviews
by Pamela Erens
A 40-year-old New Yorker bound to his solitude and his habits finds he has lost the ability to connect with others in former Glamour editor Erens's hauntingly...
Read More »
|
Chicago Tribune reviews
by Pamela Erens
The "understory," narrator Jack Gorse explains early on, as he wanders the hidden Ramble in New York's Central Park, is made up of "the shrubs and...
Read More »
|
Library Journal, starred review reviews
Richmond (Dream of the Blue Room) has written a mesmerizing novel of loss and grief, hope and redemption, and the endurance of love.
Read More »
|
3cr radio 855 Melbourne reviews
"This is a fun book... very engaging, beautifully funny. Recommended."
Read More »
|
The Washington Post reviews
by John Pipkin
Late in April 1844, a pair of misfits went camping on the Concord River in Massachusetts, with plans to survive "Indian-style" on the fish they caught. The forest...
Read More »
|
Coast Reporter reviews
"(Holborn's) imagination...runs riot with vivid and eccentric characters. (Her) scenarios vary from Monty Python to Russian tragedy. Nothing is normal in Holborn’s...
Read More »
|
Hillcrest Congregational Church News reviews
Does volunteering for social causes improve your health? This is the contention of Gail Johnston and her new book “The Social Cause Diet.” As she states “adding...
Read More »
|
The Romance Studio reviews
by Terry Spear
The characters were so well developed and the writing so superior that it felt real to me, my reactions were as if I was a part of the story. If that’s not a sign...
Read More »
|
Coffee Time Romance reviews
by Terry Spear
This novel was stunning in its suspenseful complexity and a brilliant romance was crafted by a deft imagination. Treachery stalks them at every turn as jealous...
Read More »
|
Willamette Week reviews
"...a monstrous, Muhammad Ali-like jab square to the Republican groin. Win McCormack, publisher and editor of Portland’s Tin House literary magazine, has compiled...
Read More »
|
The Pen and Muse reviews
by Hywela Lyn
This wonderful tale takes place in a trouble time. A time in which the Union’s stranglehold on Earth is strong and the enemy, the Grakk's have spies lurking in...
Read More »
|
So Many Precious Books, So Little Time reviews
In this bright and intelligent book, we follow Edward Meopian from the age of 14 to 45 years old (1968-1999). His mother died when he was young and his father does...
Read More »
|
Texas Family (June/July 2008) reviews
Follow the honest, heartfelt journey of a father who discovers his daughter has a rare neurological disorder that leaves her unable to speak. By Plano father...
Read More »
|